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J. W. STOGKER, PASTING 0R GUMMING MACHINE.

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JOHN W. STOCKER, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

IPASTING OR GUMMING MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed February 24, 1908.

Patented Nov. 1, 1910.

Serial No. 417,277.

T all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN WV. STOCKER, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, and resident of Chicago, Cook county, Illinois, have invented acertain new and useful Improvement in Pasting or Gumming Machines, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My invention relates to pasting machinery, and more especially tomachinery of this character for pasting colors on sheets or cards, suchas those employed by the manufacturers of different kinds of paint,cards of this kind being ordinarily known as sample cards.

Generally stated, the object of my invention is the provision of animproved and highly eflicient machine of this character, adapted forpasting the colors on cards or sheets, of such construction that all ofthe color strips are pasted on the card or sheet at the same time; aswill hereinafter more fully appear.

A special object of my invention is to provide an improved constructionand arrangement whereby the machine may be operated by hand, whereby thecolor strips are easily deposited within the cells or hoppers of themachine, and whereby the mem her which carries the card or sheet iseasily shifted from the paste pot to the set of hoppers which hold thecolor strips, as will hereinafter more fully appear.

It is also an object, of course, to provide certain details and featuresof improvement and combinations tending to increase the generalefliciency and serviceability of a machine of this particular character.

To the foregoing and other useful ends, my invention consists in mattershereinafter set forth and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings,Figure 1 is a plan of a pasting machineembodying the principles of my invention, the cover or member whichholds the card or sheet of paper being removed to bring into view thedevices below. Fig. 2 is a perspective of one of the plungers for thecolor hoppers. Fig. 3 is a vertical section on line 3-3 in Fig. 1,assuming the hand lever G to be in its middle or intermediate position.Fig. 4 is a vertical section on line 4-4l in Fi 1. Fig. 5 is aperspective of one of the lin is employed for connecting the operatinglever with the means by which the pasting operation is accomplished.Fig. 6 is a view similar to Fig. 4, but shows the machine in a differentposition. Fig. 7 is a perspective of one of the completed color cards.Fig. 8 shows the card or sheet upon which the colors are pasted, andillustrates the manner in which the paste is applied. Fig. 9 is anenlarged detail section through one side of the paste pot, showing aportion of the cover or carrier raised into a vertical position. Fig. 10is a fragmentary perspective of a portion of the frame which carries thedaubers by which the paste is applied. Fig. 11 is a detail section online 1l-11 in Fig. 9. Fig. 12 is an enlarged detail plan view of aportion of the cover or card carrier, illustrating one of the springconnections which are applied to the said cover or carrier, and whichserve to hold the card or sheet in place upon the bottom of said coveror carrier, through the medium of a plurality of wire fingers, as willhereinafter more fully appear. Fig. 13 is a detail section on line 1313in Fig. 12, showing the said cover or card carrier thrown open.

As thus illustrated, it will be seen that my invention comprises anupright frame or body A adapted to support the various operative partsin suitably elevated positions. It will be seen that the upper portionof the frame, at one side thereof, supports a paste pot B, which lattercontains a vertically reciprocating rectangular frame C, which latter isprovided with end lugs 0. The said frame is carried by a verticallyreciprocating yoke 0 carried by a post or member 0 which latter ismounted to slide up and down in suitable bearings on the frame. Thedaubers 0 have round heads, being in the nature of nails, and arecarried on transverse bars 0, which latter are in turn mounted upon alongitudinal bar 0 and connected together by longitudinal strips 0. Theouter clamping strips a secure the ends of the bars 0 upon the sides ofthe frame G. The bar 0" has notches 0 adapted to engage the lugs c, inthe manner shown, to center the dauber-frame within the verticallyreciprocatin frame C, in the manner shown.

The care carrier or cover D is hinged to a sliding piece cl, whichlatter slides upon the ways (l said ways being formed on the sides ofthe frame in any suitable manner.

The wire fingers (Z are secured to the rock shaft or rod (Z which latteris mounted in bearings secured to the said cover. These fingers, it willbe seen, are adapted to hold a card or sheet of material upon theundersurface of the said cover or carrier D, which for this purpose isfaced with felt or other suitable material cl, in the manner shown.Springs (Z are secured to the top of the cover, and are adapted to bearagainst the rods (Z which latter are secured to the rock shaft (P. Inthis way the said springs serve to yieldingly hold the fingers againstthe under-surface of the cover, in order to hold the card or sheet inplace upon the under-side thereof. Stops d are provided on the slidingmember (Z, and are adapted to engage the rod cl when the cover is thrownopen, as shown in Fig. 13, thus limiting the movement of the fingers (Zwhen the cover is raised. Owing to the springs cl, however, the covercan be moved a little farther, thus separating the fingers (Z from thecover D, so as to permit the card or sheet to be easily removed afterthe colors have been pasted thereon. A handle (Z is provided upon thetop of the cover, so that the same .can be manually shifted along theways (Z to a point above the hopper structure E, at which point thecolors are applied to the pastedcard or sheet. It will be seen that thishopper has removable transverse walls 6 which divide the hopperstructure into sections, and that each section is sub-divided byparallel walls 6 as shown more clearly in Fig. 1. There are as many ofthese sub-sections, each constituting a hopper in itself, as there arecolors or thin strips of material to be applied to the pasted surface ofthe card or sheet. For each small hopper there is a plunger 6 the heador upper end of which normally rests upon the plate 6 as shown moreclearly in Fig. 3. A vertically reciprocating bed or plate F is providedwith rubber or yielding composition on the upper surface thereof, andadapted to engage the lower ends of said plungers. The plate F iscarried on the upper end of a vertically reciprocating post or member 7,which latter is mounted to slide up and down in suitable bearings on theframe. \Vhen the plate F is raised the yielding material f engages thelower ends of said plungers, thus raising the stacks of colors or thinstrips of material in their respective hoppers. This causes theuppermost color or thin strip of material in each hopper to be pressedinto engagement with the pasted under-surface of the card or sheet, thuscausing allthe colors or strips of material to be simultaneouslyapplied. It will be seen that each color or strip of material is appliedto the points where the round headed daubers have left small patches ofpaste on the card or sheet, see

Figs. 7 and 8, the former of which shows the completed card, and thelatter of which shows the method of applying the paste.

The daubers and plungers of the hoppers are operated by a single handlever G, which latter is pivoted to the frame, at one side thereof,being mounted on a rock shaft 9 provided with a pair of short arms g andg extending at right angles to the main lever. The arm g is connected tothe post 0 through the medium of a link 9 which latter has a slot g forgiving it a lost-motion connection with the said lever. A similar link 9connects the arm g with the post f in the manner shown. With thisarrangement, when the lever is rocked to the right, as shown in Fig. a,the daubers are raised in the paste pot and the plungers are lowered inthe hoppers, and the fresh sheet or card on-the under-surface of thecarrier D is caused to receive the patches of paste on the under-sidethereof. Then the operator pulls the cover over to a point above thehoppers, and a shifting of the lever in the opposite direction, as shownin Fig. 6, raisesthe plungers in their hoppers and causes the uppermostcolors or thin strips of material of g each stack to adhere to thepasted surface of the card or sheet. It will be seen that with thelost-motion connection intermediate the hand lever and the twovertically reciprocating posts, it is possible to raise either post tothe required height without further depressing the other post. In thisway the daubers and the plungers can both be depressed, and then theplungers can be raised without depressing the daubers, or vice versa, inthe manner illustrated.

It will be seen that the daubers can be easily removed, so as to permitthe insertion of different kinds of daubers, according to the shape andsize of the color cards. The hoppers can also be changed by removing theframe thereof, so as to receive colors or thin strips of material ofdifferent sizes. In this way the machine is adapted to paste the colorson the cards, all of the colors being applied simultaneously, and bothoperations being accomplished by one and the same hand lever.

It will be seen that the yoke 0 reaches up and over and then down withinthe paste pot, thus avoiding the necessity of making connection with thedauber-frame through valves or stufling boxes at the bottom of the pastepot. Consequently there are no devices of this kind to become cloggedwith paste or gum, and the daubing mechanism is always in condition foroperation. The lugs e serve to center the hopper-frame within the frameof the machine, and in this way it will be seen that the dauberframe andthe hopper-frame are centered alike, so that the colors will always beapplied accurately to the points where the patches of paste or gum havebeen applied to the surface of the card or sheet. This is of greatimportance, inasmuch as the colors or thin strips of material must beapplied accurately, and very often the slightest deviation from thecorrect position would result in an inaccurate application of the colorsand in a consequent spoiling of the color card. Furthermore, it will beseen that the cover or carrier D is provided with guide pieces H whichengage the outer edges of the guides (Z thereby preventing anydisplacement of the said cover or carrier relative to the daubers andhoppers. It will also be seen that the under-side of the said cover orcarrier is provided with gage pieces h which accurately engage the edgesof the card or sheet of material to hold the same in place-that is tosay, to accurately position the said card or sheet. The ends of thepieces H engage the raised portions 7&1 on the frame, when the cover orcarrier is moved over the hoppers, thus accurately positioning the saidcover or carrier above the stacks of colors in the cells of thehopperframe. Again, it will be seen that the hoppers can be provided inthe form of tills or frames or trays that are interchangeable, eachframe or till being provided with a set of cells or hoppers, and thecells or hoppers of one frame or till being of different shape or sizefrom those of the other tills or frames. Thus a number of interchangeable dauber-frames can be provided, and also a number of interchangeablehopper frames, whereby color cards having various sizes and shapes ofcolors can be made, as well as cards each having a different number ofcolors thereon.

It will be seen that the receptacle 13 for the paste or gum has animperforate bottom that is to say, the bottom thereof is not perforatedto permit operative parts and is not provided with any valves,.andconsequently leakage cannot occur. It will be understood, of course,that the said bottom may be provided with some suitable device fordrawing off the contents thereof,

but this does not make the bottom perforated in the sense in which thesame heretofore have been provided with openings for operative ormovable parts, and with valves or stuffing boxes to which parts extendand operate. It is to avoid the use of these boxes and the consequenttrouble to leakage that heretofore has existed that I use a bot tom thatis perfectly tight and free from places where the paste or gum couldleak through. Having done this, I then use an arrangement which extendsover the sides ofthe receptacle and downwardly within thesame to connectwith and operate a dauber-frame, in the manner explained.

It will be seen that the up and down motion of the table or bumper F isguided by the downwardly projecting guide rods or bars 7, which latterwork up and down on the stationary table 7. The yoke members 0' are alsoheld to a straight up and down motion by similar rods or bars 0 whichwork up and down in the said stationary table. Thus the vertical motionof the da'ubers, and of the means for actuatin the plungers in thehoppers, is straight an ac curate, and no lateral motion is possible.

It will be seen that the yoke members 0 rise through the openings X inthe swinging cover or member 1), when the latter is down in place abovethe mechanism for applying the paste or glue.

I do not limit myself to the exact construction shown and described, asvarious changes may be made without departing from the spirit of myinvention.

hat I claim as my invention is:

1. In a pasting machine, supporting means for holding a card or sheet,means for applying paste to the said card or sheet, devices for shiftingthe said supporting means horizontally, and mechanism for then applyinga plurality of strips of material to the pasted surface of the said cardor sheet.

2. In a pasting machine, the combination of means for holding anarticle, means for applying paste to said article, devices for shiftingthe said supporting means horizontally, and means for applying a thinstrip of material to the pasted surface of said article.

3. In a pasting machine, the combination of a horizontally movablecarrier for holding a card or sheet of material, means for applyingpaste to the undersurface of said card or sheet of material, a set ofhoppers over which the said carrier is movable, each hopper adapted tocontain a stack of thin strips of material, and means for simultaneouslyraising the said stacks of strips in their hoppers to apply theuppermost strips to the pasted surface of the said card or sheet.

4. In a pasting machine, the combination of a movable carrier forholding a card or sheet of material, a paste pot, verticallyreciprocating means within said paste pot for carrying a suitablequantity of paste upwardly, to apply the same to the under-surface ofthe said card or sheet, a set of hoppers each adapted to contain a stackof thin strips of material, means whereby the carrier is movable from apoint above the paste pot to a point above the said set of hoppers, andplungers for moving the said stacks of strips upwardly to ap ly theuppermost strips to the pasted surf ace of said card or sheet ofmaterial.

5. In a pasting machine, the combination of a slidable carrier,spring-pressed fingers for holding a card or sheet of material upon theunder-surface of said carrier, a paste pot below the path of travel ofsaid carrier, a set of vertically reciprocating daubers within the pastepot, a set of hoppers each adapted to contain a stack of thin strips ofmaterial, a plunger for each hopper, and a single hand lever foroperating the said daubers and plungers.

6. In a past-ing machine, the combination of mechanism for applyingpaste to a card or sheet of material, a holder for supporting and movingthe said sheet horizontally, mechanism for applying thin strips ofmaterial to the pasted surface of said card or sheet of material, andasingle hand lever operatively connected with each mechanism, wherebyeach mechanism is operated by the one hand lever.

7. In a pasting machine, the combination of a set of daubers forapplying paste to the surface of a card or sheet, a set of plungers forapplying thin strips of material to the pasted surface of said card orsheet, a springy or yielding member for engaging the lower ends of saidplungers to actuate the same, and means for preventing the plungers fromfalling down when the said springy or yielding member is disengaged fromthe lower ends thereof.

8. In a pasting machine, substantially as shown and described, a pastepot, a vertically movable frame therein, said frame provided with endlugs, a plurality of sets of daubers mounted on a frame having endnotches adapted to engage said lugs to center the daubers on the saidfirst mentioned frame, and means for applying devices to a cardsubsequent to the application of paste thereto by said daubers.

9. In a pasting machine, substantially as shown and described, a pastepot, a vertically reciprocating frame therein, a dauberframe removablymounted on said vertically reciprocating frame, a plurality of sets ofdaubers mounted on said dauber-frame, for the purpose specified, andmeans for applying devices to a card subsequent to the applicat-ion ofpaste thereto by said daubers.

10. In a pasting machine, substantially as shown and described, aswinging and movable carrier, means for moving the same horizontally, aplurality of fingers for holding a card or sheet of material on theundersurface of said carrier, and spring connections between the fingersand sald carrler, whereby the fingers tend to press the card or sheet ofmaterial against the under-surface of the said carrier, and the latteris adapted to swing up and down, for the purpose specified.

11. In a pasting machine, the combination of means for applying a coatof paste to the under-surface of a card or sheet of material, hoppersfor holding thin strips of material, a hand-operated device forsupporting and moving the said card or sheet of material bodil andhorizontally to a point above the sai hoppers, and hand-operated meansfor simultaneously applying a pluralityof thin strips of material to thecoat ed lower surface of the said card or sheet.

12. The improved pasting machine, comprising hand-operated means fordaubing the paste upon an article, devices for supporting and shiftingsaid article horizontally, and means for then applying thin strips ofmaterial thereto, substantiallyas shown and described.

13. In a machine of the character set forth, a receptacle for the pasteor gum, a vertically reciprocating dauber frame within the saidreceptacle, a vertically reciprocating yoke reaching upwardly and overand down within the said receptacle to engage the said dauber-frame,means for removably securing the ends of the yoke to the 'dauber-frame,and means for applying devices to a card subsequent to the applicationof paste thereto by said daubers.

14. In a machine of the character set forth, a receptacle for the pasteor gum, a dauber-frame and lugs for centering the same within thereceptacle, a hopper-frame, and means for centering the same within themachine, the dauber-frame and the hopper-frame being similarly centered,and means for moving a card or sheet horizontally from above the daubersto a point,

above the hoppers.

15. In a machine of the character set forth, means for applying paste orgum to the under-surface of a card or sheet, a set of hoppers, a carrierfor supporting and moving the card or sheet horizontally from above thedaubers to a point above the hoppers, and means for properly positioningthe said carrier above the hoppers.

16. In a machine of the character set forth, a frame provided withguides, a carrier slidable along said guides, means for permitting thecarrier to be swung up and down, and means on the swinging portion ofsaid carrier for engaging said guides.

17. In a machine of the character set forth, a dauber-frame providedwith a plurality of sets of daubers, each set of daubers being providedwith a plurality of flat headed nails driven into a block, as set forth,and means for applying devices to a card subsequent to the applicationof paste thereto by said daubers.

18. In a machine of the character set.

forth, a receptacle for the paste or gum, said receptacle having animperforate bottom, a vertically reciprocating member within saidreceptacle, provided with means for carrying the paste or gum upwardlyto apply the same to a suitable surface, vertically reciprocatingsupports reaching over the sides of the receptacle and down within thesame to connect with and operate the said vertifcally reciprocatingmember therein, means below the receptacle for ri idly connectingtogether said supports, and means for applying thin strips of materialto an surface to which the paste or gum is app ied.

19. In a machine of the character set forth, a receptacle for the pasteor gum, said receptacle having an imperforate bottom to prevent leakage,a dauber-frame disposed for up and down movement within said receptacle,a vertically reciprocating bar disposed horizontally below thereceptacle, means reaching upwardly from said bar and overthe sides ofthe receptacle and clownwardly therein to connect with and operate thesaid dauber-frame, and means for applying thin strips of material to anysurface to which paste or gum is applied.

20. In a machine of the character set forth, a receptacle for the pasteor gum, a vertically reciprocating member within said receptacle,provided with means for carrying the paste or gum upwardly to apply thesame to a suitable surface, vertically reciprocating supports reachingover the sides of the receptacle and down within the same to connectwith and operate the said vertically reciprocating member therein, meansoutside of the receptacle for rigidly connecting together said supports,movable means above the receptacle for holding a sheet of material inposition to receive the paste or gum, and means for applying thin stripsof material to any surface to which paste or gum is applied.

21. In a machine of the character set forth, a receptacle for the pasteor gum, a dauber-frame disposed for up and down movement within saidreceptacle, a vertically reciprocating bar disposed horizontally belowthe receptacle, means reaching upwardly from said bar and over the sidesof the receptacle and downwardly therein to connect with and operate thesaid dauberframe, movable means above the receptacle for holding a sheetof material in position to receive the paste or gum, and means forapplying thin strips of material to any surface to which paste or gum isapplied.

22. In a machine of the character set forth, a receptacle for the paste,supports reaching over the sides of said receptacle and downwardlywithin the same to operate the means for lifting the paste or gumupwardly in sufiicient quantities to suitably apply the same to thesurface of a card or sheet of material disposed in position above thesame, a rigid connection between said supports, means for communicatingpower to said connections, and means for applying colors to the gummedsurface of the card or sheet.

23. In a machine of the class specified, paste-applying mechanism,color-applying mechanism, a single lever for working said mechanismsalternately, and devices whereby movement of said lever beyond certainlimits operates one mechanism without disturbing the other.

24. In a machine of the class specified, paste-applying mechanismcolor-applying mechanism, a single lever for working sai mechanismsalternately, and devices whereby movement of said lever within certainlimits restores one mechanism to normal without starting the other.

25. In a machine of the class specified, paste-applying mechanism,color-applyin mechanism, a single lever for working said mechanismsalternately, and devices whereby movement of said lever within certainlimits restores one mechanism without starting the other, and wherebymovement of the same beyond said limits operates one mechanism withoutdisturbing the other.

26. In a machine of the class specified, paste-applying mechanism,color-applying mechanism, the latter mechanism comprising a removablecellular tray for the colors, and means supported by the tray to form abottom for each cell, as set forth.

27. In a machine of the class specified, paste-applying mechanism,color-applying mechanism, an operating lever common to both mechanisms,said paste-applying mechanism comprising a receptacle for the paste, avertically reciprocating member in said receptacle, arms operativelyconnected with said lever, said arms reaching over the sides of thereceptacle and downwardly therein to connect with and operate saidmember, and means on said member for carrying the paste upwardly to thelower surface of a card or sheet of material.

28. In a machine of the character set forth, a receptacle for the pasteor gum, a bar below the same, a dauber-frame in the said receptacle,means reaching over the sides of the receptacle to connect the saidframe with the ends of said bar, means for reciprocating said bar up anddown, means for guiding said bar in its up and down motion, to keep thedauber-frame level, and means in conjunction with the foregoing forapplying strips of material to any surface to which the paste or gum isapplied by the daubers.

29. In a machine of the character set forth, a set of daubers, a boxcontaining said daubers, a bar below the box, connections extending upfrom the bar and over the sides of the box and down therein to connectwith said daubers, a vertical actuating member on which the said bar iscarried, guides for the ends of said bar, and means in conjunction withthe foregoing for applying strips of material to any surface treated bysaid daubers.

30. In a machine of the character set forth, a frame, a paste box set insaid frame,

a set of hoppers also set in said frame, a carrier slidable on the framefrom the box to the hopper, and vice versa, said carrier hinged at oneedge to swing up at the other edge, daubers in the box, plungers in thehoppers, and means for alternately operating said daubers and plungers.

I 31. In a machine of the character set forth, a box, a rectangularframe in the box, a dauber frame, means for centering the dauber framein the said rectangular frame, supports extending up and over the sidesof said box and down therein to support said frames, means for rigidlyconnecting together said supports, means for raising and lowering thesame, and means in conposed outside of the box and extending,

down therein.

Signed by me at Chicago, Illinois, this 12th day of February, 1908.

JOHN W. STOCKER.

lVitnesses SARAH LEWIS, E. H. OLEGG.

